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<h1>Creating Your First Book</h1>
<h2>Joomla 1.5.x compatible version</h2>
<p>This tutorial takes you through the steps of creating your first book and helps you understand how the component works.   Please note that some of parameters are explained next to the input fields – just take your time!  <br />
  <span class="courier">Technical support does not cover issues relating to the incorrect operation of the component resulting from hacks, mods, patches and similar alterations to the Joomla! source code.</span></p>
<p align="justify">The basic steps for creating a book on your website are:  <br>   <br>   1. <a href="#1">Installation.</a><br>   2. <a href="#2">Uploading Book Files.</a><br>   3. <a href="#3">Creating the Book.</a><br>   4. <a href="#4">Adding Pages to the Book.</a><br>   5. <a href="#5">Binding Book, Book List or Categories List to Menu Items</a><br> 
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<h2><a name="1" title="1"></a>1. Installation</h2>
<p align="justify">The standard installation and deinstallation of the component is covered in the official documentation available from <a href="http://docs.joomla.org" target="_blank">http://docs.joomla.org</a></p>
<p>1.1. To install the component call up the Joomla! administration interface.<br>   
1.2. Go to the component installation tab (<span class="courier">Extensions &gt; Install/Uninstall</span>).<br>
   1.3. Select the component file to be uploaded from your computer (<span class="courier">com_flippingbook_personal_for_1.5.zip for example</span>). Click <span class="courier">Upload File &amp; Install</span>.<br>
      1.4. Make sure no errors are reported during installation.<br>   
   <span class="notes">If there are errors please check that Joomla folders are accessible for writing (Help &gt; System Info &gt; Directory Permissions) and PHP Safe Mode is turned off (Help &gt; System Info &gt; PHP Settings &gt; Safe Mode: off)</span>   1.5. Installation is complete. The component is available from the main menu of the administration panel (<span class="courier">Components &gt; FlippingBook</span>).</p>
<h2><a name="2" title="2"></a>2. Uploading Book Files</h2>
<p>FlippingBook files are stored in <span class="courier">/images/flippingbook</span> folder.</p>
<p>2.1. Prepare the files containing the book pages. These can only be JPG images or SWF animations. <span class="notes">Please use only Latin letters or numbers in the file names.<br>
  Do not use any international encodings.<br>
    No special symbols are allowed.<br>
We recommend creating meaningful filenames – e.g. my-book_001.jpg, my-book_002.jpg... my-book_zoom_001.jpg, my-book_zoom_002.jpg...</span>2.2. Go to the file file manager <span class="courier">(Components &gt; FlippingBook &gt; Manage Files)</span>.<br>
 2.3. Create a new folder for your book (<span class="courier">Create a new folder</span> link). Open the created folder.<br />
 2.4.
 Select the file for uploading from your computer and click <span class="courier">Upload</span>.</p>
<h2><a name="3" title="3"></a>3. Creating the Book</h2>
<p align="justify">3.1. Go to the Book Manager tab (<span class="courier">Components &gt; FlippingBook &gt; Manage Books</span>).<br> 
3.2. Click <span class="courier">New</span> in the upper panel.<br>   3.3. Enter the book name and description, if necessary.<br>   3.4. Fill in other book parameters - their descriptions are given on the same page.<br>   
3.5. Click <span class="courier">Save</span> from the upper panel. A message will appear if the fields are not filled out properly.</p>
<h2><a name="4" title="4"></a>4. Adding Pages to the Book</h2>
<p align="justify"><strong>Manual Adding Pages</strong></p>
<p align="justify">4.1.1. Go to the Page Manager <span class="courier">(Components &gt; FlippingBook &gt; Manage Pages)</span>.<br> 
  4.1.2. Click <span class="courier">New</span> in the upper panel.<br>
 4.1.3. Select the page file and the book to which the page is to be added.<br>
4.1.4. Click   <span class="courier">Save</span> in the upper panel.<br>
 4.1.5. Repeat the above steps for all the book pages.<br>
4.1.6. Check the page numbers. If they are wrong use the Up and Down arrows to set them properly.<br />
4.1.7. If necessary, specify the enlarged image file and the page link.</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>Batch Adding Pages</strong></p>
<p align="justify">4.2.1. Prepare files for your book. Files should be named e.g. <span class="courier">my-book_001.jpg</span>, <span class="courier">my-book_002.jpg</span>... for pages and <span class="courier">my-book_zoom_001.jpg</span>, <span class="courier">my-book_zoom_002.jpg</span>... for zoom.<br />
  4.2.2.
  Go to <span class="courier">Components &gt; FlippingBook &gt; Batch add Pages</span>.<br />
4.2.3. If you don't going use zoom feature - select your book, folder with uploaded files and <span class="courier">mode &gt; simple</span>. Click <span class="courier">Save</span>.<br />
4.2.4. If you want use zoom feature - set <span class="courier">mode &gt; advanced</span>, <span class="courier">Prefix For Pages Images &gt; my-book_</span>, <span class="courier">Prefix For Zoomed Images &gt; zoom_</span>. Click <span class="courier">Save</span>.</p>
<h2><a name="5" title="5"></a>5. Binding Book, Book List or Categories List to Menu Items</h2>
<p align="justify">5.1. Go to the Menu Editor (<span class="courier">Menu &gt; target menu where you want the book reference to appear</span>).<br>   
5.2. Click <span class="courier">New </span>in the upper panel.<br>   
5.3. Click <span class="courier">FlippingBook</span>. Select one of layouts. Specify parameters in a right column (<span class="courier">Book Name for Book Layout</span> or <span class="courier">Category Name for Book List Layout</span>). Click <span class="courier">Save</span>.</p>
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